Common sense/movie

I think it's definitly true that common sense can be divided into instinctive ideas and ideas motivated by enviornment, but I think it's important to consider that all "common" sense varies drastically from person to person. Wheather because of different natural instinct, different cultural tradition, or different environment, every individual has their own idea of what is "common sense". The problem is that by declaring that something is common sense, someone implies that their idea of common sense is the only correct view and should be naturally held by everyone else.

This ties into the issues with prejudice in the movie. The reason so many people displayed such passionate views and could not understand why anyone would have a different perspective is that they assumed that their idea of "common sense" was the same as everyone elses. Prejudice often originates from assumption that something is common knowledge without enough information. A lot of the time, there may be a fine line between common sense and bias.